"BOAT OWNER ED COLLINS COMPLAINED TO THE USCG THAT HIS LV14 POWERED BY A MERCURY TILLER 20HP OB HAVE A SIGNIFICANT WATER INGRESS THROUGH THE TOP OF THE TRANSOM WHEN THE BOAT IS AT PLANING SPEED. THIS FACT AND A SIMILAR OCCURANCE IN A LV12 POWERED BY A 15 HP TILLER TOHATSU OB WAS CONFIRMED BY CWO W HILLYER. LIVINGSTON CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE NO REPORT OF PROBLEMS WHEN THE LV12 AND LV14 ARE POWERED BY YAMAHA OUTBOARDS BUT THERE ARE BOATS ALREADY SOLD TO THE PUBLIC THAT WERE NOT PAIRED WITH YAMAHA OB.